Shloka 2

सुवर्णष्ठीविनोपाख्यानम्

The Account of Suvarṇaṣṭhīvin

Devanagari script

वैशम्पायनजी कहते हैं--जनमेजय! तदनन्तर पाण्डुपुत्र राजा युधिष्ठिरने नारदजीसे कहा--'भगवन्‌! मैं सुवर्णष्ठीवीके जन्मका वृत्तान्त सुनना चाहता हूँ ।।

Transliteration

vaiśampāyana uvāca | janamejaya! tadanantaraṃ pāṇḍuputro rājā yudhiṣṭhiro nāradam uvāca— “bhagavan! ahaṃ suvarṇaṣṭhīvināṃ janma-vṛttāntaṃ śrotum icchāmi।” evam uktaḥ sa munir dharmarājena nāradaḥ ācaṣṭe yathā-vṛttaṃ suvarṇaṣṭhīvinaṃ prati |

Translation

వైశంపాయనుడు పలికెను—ఓ జనమేజయా! అనంతరం పాండుపుత్రుడైన రాజు యుధిష్ఠిరుడు నారదునితో ఇలా అన్నాడు: “భగవన్! సువర్ణష్ఠీవిన్ జన్మవృత్తాంతాన్ని వినదలచుకున్నాను.” ధర్మరాజు ఇలా అడగగా, నారదముని సువర్ణష్ఠీవిన్ విషయమై జరిగినదాన్ని జరిగినట్లే క్రమంగా వివరించసాగెను.

Word by Word

• एवम्: thus
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम्

• उक्तः: having been spoken to / addressed
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: past passive participle (kta), Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• तु: but/indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु

• सः: he
• सः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• मुनिः: the sage
• मुनिः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुनि
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• धर्मराजेन: by Dharmaraja (Yudhishthira)
• धर्मराजेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर्मराज
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• नारदः: Narada
• नारदः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: नारद
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• आचचक्षे: told / related
• Type: Verb
• Root: चक्ष्
• Form: Perfect (liṭ), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• यथा-वृत्तम्: as it happened
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा

• वृत्तम्: the account / occurrence
• वृत्तम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वृत्त
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• सुवर्णष्ठीविनम्: Suwarṇaṣṭhīvin (proper name)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुवर्णष्ठीविन्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• प्रति: about / concerning
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्रति

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Janamejaya
• Yudhiṣṭhira
• Pāṇḍu
• Nārada
• Suvarṇaṣṭhīvin

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse models dharmic inquiry: a righteous king seeks instruction through attentive listening (śravaṇa) from a trustworthy sage, and the sage responds by narrating events “as they truly occurred” (yathā-vṛttam), emphasizing truthful transmission as an ethical duty.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana reports that Yudhiṣṭhira requests Nārada to tell the birth-account of Suvarṇaṣṭhīvin; Nārada, prompted by Dharmarāja, begins the narration in proper order.